Improvement in cultivators



N0. 136,500, Pate|1tedMarch4,18-73.

L. M. GANONG.

Cultivators.

ATENT OEEIOE.

LUTHER M. canone, or Pinares POINT, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPRVEMENT iN CULTIVATRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,500, dated March 4,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER M. GANoNG, of Friars Point, in the county ofGoahoma and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and ImprovedCultivator; and I do hereby' declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawing making a part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the implement. Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of one ofthe scraper-frames, and Fig. 3 is a view showingthe bar with the three shovelplows in position as used when substitutedfor the Scrapers.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The nature of my invention relates to a cultivator to be usedprincipally for the cultivation of cotton, but may be used for any cropsthat grow in rows or hills, such as corn, tobacco, castor-beans, 8vo.The object of my invention is to provide an limplement with which theridge ofcotton-plants may be scraped on both sides at one operation,after which the Scrapers are removed and two shovels substituted,whereby the soil is thrown back against the plants in a tilled state.When it is found necessary to break the middles a third shovel attachedto a suitable bar is added, inserting the bar in a slot near the rearend ofthe beam, which eft'ectually breaks the middle and leaves thefurrow clear of weeds. It consists mainly ol a beam and handles, notunlike the ordinary plow, having bolted directly across the beam aplate, suitably arranged to hold in any desired position two frames, towhich the Scrapers or shovels may be attached, and on which the scrapersmay be adjusted, both vertically'and horizontally.

In construction my invention is as follows: A is the beam; B, thehandles, held rigidly in place by means of the braces b b. At C ,C arescraper-frames, to which the Scrapers D D are held by the bolts d d. Theplate E is bolted to the beam A, and is provided with two grooves, e e,running parallel with each other f and longitudinally with the plate E.The

frames C C are provided at their top with beads d1 all, which t intogrooves e e of plate E, and are held in place by two or more boltspassing through the plate E, frames C C, and bridge F. The beads d1 d1,connecting with the grooves e e, prevent the frames C C and the scrapersattached thereto from getting out of line when being moved to or fromthe beam. A small incline, d2, is cast or otherwise attached to thescrapers D D, which holds the same at a given inclination, and slots c cin frames C C allow a vertical adjustment of the sera-pers or shovels.After the scrape-rs have been used and it becomes necessary to use theshovels, the bolt cl is removed and placed in the plows or shovels G G,thus making use of the same bolts. When it is necessary to use themiddlel shovel H, which is attached to the bar H', the latter isinserted -into the slot a of the beam, and is held in any desired depthby the screw t', which is threaded to tit into the band I.

It will be observed that the frames G and C may be adjusted laterally,and the scrapers or shovels vertically, on the frames C C by means ofthe slots c c. The ease with which my cnltivator can be changed from adouble scraper to a double or triple shovel-plow, and the smalladditional expense incurred in obtaining this result, are the principaladvantage of my invention, while the large degree to which each part canbe adjusted to suit the ever varying requirements of the farmer makes ituseful for a very large range of work not heretofore attained by anyother implement of equal simplicity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the plate E provided with grooves e e and the framesG U provided with beads all all, as and for the purpose described.

' LUTHER M. GANONG.

Witnesses z T. VAN KANNEI., I. HOFMANN.

